Kirsty Nicole Hickey (born 17 January 1996) is an English actress.

Personal life

Kirsty was born in London. In 2006 she attended Sylvia Young Theatre School.

Television career

In 2004, Hickey appeared on the

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'' in the Christmas party. She played numerous characters

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), Pauline Fowler, ( Wendy Richard) and Pat Butcher, (

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) all in famously well-known sketches, as well as singing and playing onset characters. Hickey also appeared in

Ministry Of Mayhem ''Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown'' (previously titled ''Ministry of Mayhem'' and ''MoM'') was a British children's entertainment programme, which was broadcast on ITV (later CITV) from 10 January 2004 to 1 July 2006. Overview ''Ministry o ...

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alongside

Holly Willoughby Holly Marie Willoughby ( ; born 10 February 1981) is an English television presenter, author and model. She is currently the co-presenter of ITV's '' This Morning'' (2009–present) and '' Dancing on Ice'' (2006–2011, 2018–present) alongsid ...

and Stephen Mulhern. She played mini Polly with her trolley with Holly as the older Polly, where they both hosted the game of Cakey Sk8 with celebrities. The rules of the game were that, they propel cakes from skateboards, and the cake which reaches highest up on the wall wins. In that same week, Kirsty met Girls Aloud – this edition was aired live in November 2005. She was interviewed on

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about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one in 2006. She appeared on The X Factor singing and dancing alongside

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, Same Difference, and the previous year

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. On 13 February 2011, Kirsty appeared on

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with the England tap team, Tap Attack. The team got down to the final 28 acts but did not go through to the finals.

Film career

In September 2009, Hickey filmed The Long Lonely Walk directed by Leon Chambers acting alongside

Jeremy Sheffield Jeremy Sheffield (born 17 March 1966) is an English actor and former ballet dancer. He is most noted for his roles in '' Holby City'', ''Murder in Suburbia'' and ''Hollyoaks'' on television, as well as in the films '' Creep'' and ''The Wedding D ...

Sylvia Syms Sylvia May Laura Syms (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films ''Woman in a Dressing Gown'' (1957), ''Ice Cold in Alex'' (1958), ''No Trees in the Street'' (1959), ''Victim'' (1961), and ''The Tamari ...

and Tessa Peake-Jones.

Theatre career

In 2005, Hickey appeared in '' Billy Elliot'' at the Victoria Palace Theatre, as the youngest ballet girl, Alison Summers, she performed with Haydn Gwynne, Alex Delamere and Chris Lennon. She then went back two years later and portrayed an older character. In 2007, Kirsty then went into ''

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'' playing Bielke, at the Savoy Theatre, working closely with

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Voiceover career

Hickey is the voice of Annie in the UK dub of ''

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'' on

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Charity work

In late 2008, Hickey put together a charity showcase for her church parish, helping to raise funds to build a new church hall for Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church.Join our children's variety show
Echo 24 October 2007 She also has taken part in many cabarets, performing in front of people such as Bruce Forsyth and

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, in aid of raising monies for

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. On 18 September 2010, Hickey performed in front of

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, London to raise money for CAFOD. She also worked alongside the West cliff High School for Boys Charity Week committee in 2013.

References

External links

*http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/cast/balletgirls.html *http://www.curtainup.com/fiddlerlond07.html *http://www.thirdlightfilms.blogspot.com/ *http://www.olol.co.uk/cms/news/downloaddoc.asp?DocRef=13...825... *http://www.olol.co.uk/cms/news/downloaddoc.asp?DocRef=13...825... {{DEFAULTSORT:Hickey, Kirsty 1996 births Living people English soap opera actresses English child actresses People from Leigh-on-Sea